Test Specialist Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Test Specialist
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Test Specialist daily rate in Shropshire is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 26 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 4.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £472 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - -
75th Percentile £492 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £480 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Shropshire with a recognized job title 479 129 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 90.21% 87.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 84 51
10th Percentile £364 £237 £260
25th Percentile £413 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £472 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -5.60% -7.41%
75th Percentile £525 £515 £536
90th Percentile £566 £541 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £12.21 - £14.94
25th Percentile £16.73 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% -18.80% -59.11%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.12 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.60% -11.11% +26.98%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Test Specialist job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Test Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Shropshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Shropshire

Test Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Specialist within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford - 26 £481 - 1
Test Specialist
West Midlands

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Test Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Shropshire region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Test Automation
2 24 (92.31%) Agile
2 24 (92.31%) SAS
3 23 (88.46%) Analytics
4 22 (84.62%) CI/CD
4 22 (84.62%) Jenkins
4 22 (84.62%) SC Cleared
4 22 (84.62%) Security Cleared
5 21 (80.77%) Containerisation
5 21 (80.77%) Git
5 21 (80.77%) GitLab
5 21 (80.77%) Kubernetes
5 21 (80.77%) OpenShift
5 21 (80.77%) Selenium
6 20 (76.92%) JUnit
6 20 (76.92%) pytest
6 20 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (73.08%) Data Pipeline
7 19 (73.08%) DevOps
7 19 (73.08%) Test Strategy
8 18 (69.23%) Python
9 17 (65.38%) Data Management
9 17 (65.38%) Integration Testing
9 17 (65.38%) REST
9 17 (65.38%) Sprint Planning
9 17 (65.38%) Sprint Retrospective
9 17 (65.38%) Visual Analytics
10 16 (61.54%) Docker
10 16 (61.54%) Regression Testing
10 16 (61.54%) Test Scripting

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (92.31%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 21 (80.77%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle Database
1 7 (26.92%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 3 (11.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) Metadata
3 1 (3.85%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 22 (84.62%) Jenkins
2 21 (80.77%) Git
2 21 (80.77%) GitLab
2 21 (80.77%) Selenium
3 20 (76.92%) JUnit
4 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.85%) Gatling
4 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 17 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (76.92%) pytest
2 17 (65.38%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Test Automation
2 24 (92.31%) Agile
3 23 (88.46%) Analytics
4 22 (84.62%) CI/CD
5 21 (80.77%) Containerisation
6 20 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (73.08%) Data Pipeline
7 19 (73.08%) DevOps
7 19 (73.08%) Test Strategy
8 17 (65.38%) Data Management
8 17 (65.38%) Integration Testing
8 17 (65.38%) Sprint Planning
8 17 (65.38%) Sprint Retrospective
8 17 (65.38%) Visual Analytics
9 16 (61.54%) Regression Testing
9 16 (61.54%) Test Scripting
10 15 (57.69%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (53.85%) Data Strategy
12 13 (50.00%) Defect Management
13 12 (46.15%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.85%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) VB
3 1 (3.85%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 22 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (61.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (80.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Actian